Mardan Palace Symbolism..
Ganymeade = Catamite = captured by an Eagle/God
Catamite is was a pubescent boy who was the intimate companion of a young man, usually in a pederastic relationship
H.G. Wells poem "The Red Room" about a boy exploring a subterranean red room with a Ganymeade Statue at the front of its entrace which is shrouded in Darkness inwhich the boy lights "17" candles to illuminate from the shadows.